ITI Welcomes Indian Government’s Plan to Reconsider Comprehensive Privacy Framework
NEW DELHI – Today, global tech trade association ITI, the Information Technology Industry Council, issued the following statement from Kumar Deep, ITI’s Country Manager for India, regarding the withdrawal of the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP) by India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY):
“ITI commends the Government of India for its decision to withdraw the existing Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP), and we look forward to the government implementing a robust stakeholder consultation as it reconsiders a comprehensive privacy and data protection framework for the digital ecosystem. ITI participated in all available consultative processes regarding the PDP bill of 2019 and we are eager to continue our engagement to ensure that the framework benefits Indian businesses, consumers, and workers and advances India’s goal of ensuring a “Safe, Trusted, Open” digital economy. We are confident that the government will consider all industry views once the consultation on the framework begins and look forward to participating.”
In March 2022, ITI outlined (opens in a new tab) concerns with the PDP bill that would have unintentionally limited the ease of doing business in India. Earlier that month, ITI led a multi-association letter (opens in a new tab) to MEITY requesting that it conduct additional consultations with all concerned stakeholders before introducing any updated data protection bill in Parliament.
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